Apple Cup Results: UW Leads 67-31-6

The UW-WSU series has been played, although not continuously, since 1900 when the schools battled to a 5-5 tie. The teams meet for the 104th time Saturday.

A Husky Stadium crowd watches the end of the 2007 Apple Cup, won by Washington State 41-35. / Wiki Commons

Washington and Washington State have played 104 times since 1900, when the teams first met in Seattle. The Huskies have a huge lead in the series with 67 victories, and take a three-game winning streak into the 105th edition of the Apple Cup on Friday at Martin Stadium in Pullman. How the series has played out so far:

Year

Site

Results

Skinny

1900

Seattle

5-5 tie

WSU coach William Allen talks smack, predicting a 30-0 WSU win; Charles Goodsell scores early for WSU, but A.P. Calhoun tallies a late TD to forge a tie.

1901

Pullman

WSU 10-0

After Washington State’s triumph over the Purple and Gold, Washington students clamor for the ouster of head coach Jack Wright, who is summarily dismissed.

1902

Seattle

UW 16-0

UW halfback Maxie Wells scores 2 TDs, one on a 90-yard run; WSU’s Edward Cardwell has his head jammed “into the ground hard enough to crack his skull.”

1903

Pullman

UW 10-0

Future Washington coach Enoch Bagshaw “runs and kicks” the Purple and Gold to their first-ever football title, the newly created “West Coast Championship.”

1904

Seattle

UW 12-6

With the score tied in fourth quarter, Washington halfback Homer Dean tears around left end and romps 33 yards for the game-winning touchdown.

1907

Seattle

WSU 11-5

The “Gigantic Aggies from Washington State College (Post-Intelligencer)” overwhelm injury-riddled UW; Purple and Gold fire coach Victor Place after season.

1908

Seattle

6-6 tie

WSU’s Joe Halm and UW’s Maxwell Eakins each boot FGs (4 points), but Eakins misses 3 and a late safety accounts for only blemish on UW’s record (6-0-1).

YourThoughts

Steve56

The bottom line issue is coaching or the lack thereof. Yes, a young and relatively inexperienced roster including an injured/marginal quarterback are issues, but the lack of discipline, the repeated mistakes made game after game all point to a bigger problem.

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